Preface -- Pte.1. Bases and previews: 1. The problem, its structure and limits -- 2. The legacy of Marx -- 3. New challenges of the Twentieth Century -- Pte.2. Ontological basis: 4. Qualitative view of the economy -- 5. Western economic materialism -- 6. Eastern dialectical materialism -- Pte.3. Socio-ethical aspects: 7. Ethical values and economic justice -- 8. Justice in the West -- 9. Income distribution in the West -- 10. Profit, interest, rent and wages in the West -- 11. Justice in the East -- 12. Income distribution en the East -- 13. Wages and other types of income in the East -- Pte.4. Socio-philosophical perspectives: 14. Western individualism -- 15. Eastern socialism and communism -- 16. The eastern planned economy -- 17. The socio-philosophical overlap of East and West -- 18. Epilogue.